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slap-back

slap-back adjective: when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.

Adjective

slap-back (comparative more slap-back, superlative most slap-back)

  1. when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.

Noun

slap-back (plural slap-backs)

  1. a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them.

Forms of slap-back

Adjective
comparativemore slap-back
superlativemost slap-back
Noun
pluralslap-backs

Questions about slap-back

What does slap-back mean?
Slap-back means when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.
What part of speech is slap-back?
Slap-back can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near slap-back in the dictionary

  1. slap someone around
  2. slap someone five
  3. slap someone's wrist
  4. slap the salami
  5. slap together
  6. slap-back
  7. slap-backs
  8. slap-bang
  9. slap-bang shop
  10. slap-bang shops
  11. slap-down

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